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Chapter 1 - State Library System
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 10-1-101. Division of Public Libraries and Archives - A division of public libraries and archives is hereby created...
§ 10-1-102. [reserved.] - The state library system shall consist of the existing state...
§ 10-1-105. Administration of System — Custody of Properties — Policies, Rules and Regulations Regarding Governance and Use - The secretary of state, acting through the division of public...
§ 10-1-106. Development of Program — Budget - The secretary of state shall develop a state library program...
§ 10-1-108. Cooperation With Other Agencies — Legislative Intent — Construction - The secretary of state has the authority to call upon...
§ 10-1-109. Administering Funds and Materials - The secretary of state is authorized to accept and administer...
§ 10-1-110. People With Disabilities - The secretary of state is authorized to:
§ 10-1-111. Black History - as may be mutually deemed by the secretary of state...
Part 2 - State Librarian and Archivist
§ 10-1-201. Appointment — Duties and Powers - A state librarian and archivist shall be appointed by the...
§ 10-1-202. Authority to Employ Special Consultants - Upon recommendation of the state librarian and archivist, the secretary...
§ 10-1-203. Preservation of Records of Soldiers and Sailors Serving in World War I - The compilation of the records of the soldiers and sailors...
§ 10-1-204. Federal Funds for Library Programs - The secretary of state is authorized and empowered to make...
Part 3 - Tennessee Electronic Library
§ 10-1-301. Created — Authority — Administration - There is hereby created the Tennessee Electronic Library which shall...
§ 10-1-302. Four Integrated Components - The Tennessee Electronic Library, in close cooperation with Tennessee's libraries...
§ 10-1-303. Purpose — Access to Catalogues, Databases, Collections, Etc - The Tennessee Electronic Library may provide access to, but shall...
§ 10-1-304. Qualifying Participants - Participants in the Tennessee Electronic Library shall be limited to...
§ 10-1-305. Design and Implementation - The design and implementation of the Tennessee Electronic Library shall...
Chapter 2 - Librarians—examination and Certification
§ 10-2-101. Librarian Certificates Issued by Board of Education - The state board of education is authorized to issue certificates...
§ 10-2-102. Standards, Rules and Practices for Issuance Adopted by Board of Education - The state board of education shall set up standards and...
§ 10-2-103. Librarians in Public Libraries Certified by Board of Education - The state board of education shall pass upon the qualifications...
§ 10-2-104. Librarians — Certificates Required for Appointment - The governing boards of the libraries designated in § 10-2-103...
§ 10-2-105. Professional Librarians — Certifications Provided - The state board of education shall provide for the certification...
§ 10-2-106. Certificates From Other States — Treatment - The state board of education may evaluate certificates issued by...
Chapter 3 - Libraries in Counties, Cities and Towns
§ 10-3-101. Establishment, Maintenance and Joint Operation - The legislative body of a county or the governing body...
§ 10-3-104. Powers and Duties of Library Board - The members of the library board shall organize by electing...
§ 10-3-105. Borrowing Money to Acquire Library Buildings and Equipment - A county legislative body and/or city governing body has power...
§ 10-3-107. Libraries Free to Inhabitants — Extension of Privileges to Nonresidents - Libraries so established or supported shall be free to the...
§ 10-3-108. Penalties for Loss of or Injury to Library Property - The library board has the power to make and enforce...
§ 10-3-109. [reserved.] - The title to all property acquired by a library board...
§ 10-3-111. Financial Report of Operations - Such library board shall furnish a report to the county...
Chapter 5 - Regional Library Boards
§ 10-5-101. Agreements to Create Regional Boards — Participation by Counties and Municipalities — Appropriation of Funds - Two (2) or more counties that have qualified for participation...
§ 10-5-103. Duties and Functions - A regional library board has the following duties and functions:
§ 10-5-104. [reserved.] - The chief administrative officer of each library program, acting under...
Part 2 - Regional Library Employees
§ 10-5-204. Status of Regional Library Employees Becoming Employees of State — Contributions — Participation — Retirement System Benefits — Credit for Prior Service - Upon joining as employees of the state of Tennessee, regional...
§ 10-5-205. Admittance to State Group Insurance Program - Full-time regional library employees shall be admitted to the state...
§ 10-5-206. “Full-Time Employee of a Regional Library Board” Defined - For the purposes of this part, a full-time employee of...
Chapter 7 - Public Records
Part 1 - Preserving and Transcribing Records
§ 10-7-101. “Records” Construed - Records,” as used in this part, shall be construed to...
§ 10-7-102. Books for Register's Office to Be Furnished by County - The county legislative body, on demand of the register, shall...
§ 10-7-104. Mutilated Records to Be Transcribed — Incomplete Copies - When any record book or books of the register's office...
§ 10-7-105. Rebinding or Copying Books at Expense of County - It is the duty of all county registers to have...
§ 10-7-106. Transcript Books to Be Collated and Certified to by Register and Deputy Register - The copies made by the register shall be faithfully collated...
§ 10-7-107. Omission of Probate or Acknowledgment - When the register as transcriber finds any instrument on the...
§ 10-7-108. Entering Omitted Probate or Acknowledgment in Transcript Where Document in Existence - Any person having such a registered instrument in such person's...
§ 10-7-109. Copy of Probate or Acknowledgment Made by Clerk of Court on Demand - Any person interested in having the probate or acknowledgment of...
§ 10-7-110. Entry in Transcript Book - On producing such certificate, the register as transcriber shall insert...
§ 10-7-111. [reserved.] - The register shall properly index such transcript book or books.
§ 10-7-113. Special Deputies — Appointment by Register Necessitated - The register of such county is authorized to appoint as...
§ 10-7-114. Register's Fees - For making such transcript, collation, and index, the register shall...
§ 10-7-115. Original Deposited in Clerk's Office - The original records from which the transcript has been made...
§ 10-7-116. Copy Made From Original — Admissibility in Evidence - In case any person is dissatisfied with the transcript, and...
§ 10-7-117. [reserved.] - Whenever the records, or any part of the records, of...
§ 10-7-119. County Legislative Bodies Authorized to Have Record Books Rebound - Whenever any county legislative body of this state, on due...
§ 10-7-120. Liability of Register and Clerks Suspended During Rebinding - During the time the record book or books are kept...
Part 2 - Index of Public Records
§ 10-7-201. Clerks, Registers, and Other Officers to Index Records - Every clerk, register, or other public officer whose duty it...
§ 10-7-203. Names in Deeds of Realty to Be Entered Alphabetically in the Direct and Reverse Indices — Other Facts to Be Shown - In the general direct indices of instruments relating to real...
§ 10-7-204. Direct and Reverse Indices to Personalty — Manner of Making - In the two (2) indices of instruments relating to personal...
§ 10-7-205. Time of Making Indices — One or More Indices — Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - It is the duty of the register to make the...
§ 10-7-206. Former Indices May Be Made in Addition to Required Indices - The indices required to be made and kept shall be...
§ 10-7-207. Failure to Make Index — Forfeiture — Qui Tam Action - For failing to make such index as prescribed, the register...
§ 10-7-208. Penalty for Failure to Index Records - Any clerk, register, or other public officer required by law...
§ 10-7-209. Cross Index as to All Parties in Minute Books and Execution Dockets - The clerks of the supreme court and the clerks of...
§ 10-7-210. Violations of Preceding Section a Misdemeanor - For failure or refusal to carry out or comply with...
Part 3 - Public Records Commission
§ 10-7-301. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 10-7-302. Public Records Commission Created — Duties - A public records commission is hereby created to consist of...
§ 10-7-304. Records Officer, Systems or Records Analyst - The head of each department, commission, board or agency shall...
§ 10-7-305. Administrative Officer and Secretary — Duties - The commissioner of general services shall be the administrative officer...
Part 4 - County Public Records Commission
§ 10-7-401. County Public Records Commission Created — Membership - In order to provide for the orderly disposition of public...
§ 10-7-402. Organization of Commission — Compensation — Meetings - The county records commission shall elect a chair and a...
§ 10-7-403. “Public Records” Defined - Public records” within the county shall be construed to mean:
§ 10-7-409. Charges for Copies of Records Authorized - The county records commission has the power to establish charges...
§ 10-7-410. Reproductions Admissible as Evidence - Any reproduction of any record herein authorized to be made...
§ 10-7-412. Destruction of Public Records Authorized — Terminated Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, Chattel Mortgages - The county records commission has the right to authorize the...
Part 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 10-7-501. Reproduction of State Records on Film - The head of any department, commission, board, or agency of...
§ 10-7-503. Records Open to Public Inspection — Schedule of Reasonable Charges — Costs — Destruction of Public Records - A request submitted in person or by mail; An email...
§ 10-7-504. Confidential Records — Exceptions - [Effective until June 30, 2026.] [Effective until July 1, 2022....
§ 10-7-507. Records of Convictions of Traffic and Other Violations — Availability - Any public official having charge or custody of or control...
§ 10-7-511. Preservation of Records of Permanent Value - Responsibility for providing trained staff and appropriate equipment necessary to...
§ 10-7-513. Request for Removal of Military Discharge or Redaction of Social Security Number From Military Discharge - REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF MILITARY DISCHARGE OR REDACTION OF SOCIAL...
§ 10-7-514. Subscription Service Required to View Military Discharge Record Over Internet - A county register shall not cause a military discharge record...
§ 10-7-515. Personally Identifying Information on Documents — Redaction - REQUEST FOR REDACTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FROM ELECTRONIC DATABASES...
§ 10-7-516. Information Relating to Security Systems - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any information relating...
Part 6 - Public Appointments
§ 10-7-601. Short Title - Sections 10-7-601 — 10-7-606 shall be known and may be...
§ 10-7-602. Definitions - As used in §§ 10-7-601 — 10-7-606, unless the context...
§ 10-7-603. Data Provided Secretary - The chair of an existing agency, or the appointing authority...
§ 10-7-604. Updating and Publishing Data - The secretary of state shall provide for annual updating of...
§ 10-7-605. Vacancies - The chair of an existing agency shall notify the secretary...
§ 10-7-606. Annual Report - Together with the compilation required in § 10-7-604, the secretary...
Part 7 - Municipal Records
§ 10-7-701. Public Records — Temporary Records - All documents, papers, records, books of account, and minutes of...
Chapter 8 - Confidentiality of Library Records
§ 10-8-101. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 10-8-103. Applicability - This chapter shall apply to libraries included within chapters 1...